Feed-cutter



(No Model.)

M. R. VINSON.

FEED CUTTER.

No. 331,464.. PatentedDeo. 1, 1885.

UN ITED STATES PATENT Ulrich.

MICHAEL RINEHEARDT VINSON, OF HOPE, ARKANSAS.

FEED-CUTTER.

QZEEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.331,464, dated December 1, 1885.

Application filed August 25, 1885. Serial No. 175,313. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MIoHAEL R. VINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hope, in the county of Hempstead and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Feed-Gutters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention has relation to feed-cutters, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in side elevation of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line X X, Fig. 1.

On the rear end of a flat base, 1, I erect an upright U-shaped bearing, 2. At the front end of said baselerectacircular slotted guide, 3. On one side of the base 1, I cut away the metal or other material, so as to form a beveled edge or incline, 4, that the straw or grass to be cut may be easily pushed between the knives of the cutter, and the operator is in no danger of cutting his fingers. At the head of the incline 4, I firmly fix a long knife-blade, 5, perpendicular to the upper face of the base. Said knife at its rear end rests against the upright bearing 2, and its front end stops a short distance from the curved guide 3. The said knife is set in a groove in the upper face of the base 1, and may be firmly fastened by welding or by being bolted to the said base. A flange, 6, extends all around the base 1, except in front of the incline 4, where it forms a part of the incline. The said flange is for the purpose of affixing the machine to a table or bench by means of screws 7; or bolts may be used, if desired. This admits of the cutter being removed from said table or bench and stored away when not in use. Into the U- shaped bearing 2, I pivot a lever-arm, 8, its rear end working on the pivot 9, and its front end being made in the shape ofa flat handle. 10, which works up and down in the slot in the guide 3. In the lower face of said lever-arm 8, I set a knife, 11, and firmly fix it in place by bolts 12, passing through said arm and knife.

The knife 11 is the same length as the knife 5, thus leaving a space between the front end of said knife and the curved guide 3. To the lower side of the lever-arm 8, between the knife and guidestop 3, I fasten a block, 13, that keeps the said lever-arin from going too far and turning the edge of the knife 11 by contact with the base 1. This chuck also prevents the operator pinching his fingers when the handle is pushed down.

The curved slotted guide 3 is to keep the knife 11 on a line with the knife 5, and allows the said knives to work close alongside of each other without striking their edges.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a feed cutter, the combination of the base 1, having flange 6, upright bearing 2, incline 4., slotted guide 3, and knife 5, with leverarm 8, pivoted in said upright bearing 2, and having flat handle 10, working in said guide 3, knife 11 bolted in and block 13 fastened to the lower face of said leverarm, all sub stant-ially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL RINEHEARDT msor.

YVitnesses:

J. M. KINSER, J. S. Mnanows. 

